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Originally Posted by FireFly
Perhaps I wasn't clear. Those who published the cartoons did not apologize. The person who drew them, I do not believe apologized. I don't think governments should have to apologize either. If the person who drew the cartoons might have just said, 'I'm sorry, I did not realize that it would cause such offense,' this may not have happened at all.
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The managing editor of the newspaper in question, the overseer of all departments, did apologize on behalf of the newspaper if I'm not mistaken.
His subordinate, the cultural editor, the person who sponsored the artistic challenge, which was defined as a test to see if Dutch artists were self-censoring themselves out of fear of Muslim violence, has not apologized and has said he would not.
If Muslims think there is a problem or think they have been victimized, they should take it through the hate crime laws of those particular countries.
As an example, in France, the local Muslim organizations are suing two French newspapers . . . .which is something I don't mind at all as courts would then decide if any laws have been violated or any hate crime committed.
If you are watching the demands coming out of the Muslim community, however, its mostly centered around western governments apologizing . . . . . a clear agenda.
Of course, western governments shouldn't apologize for the actions of a free press.
And governments certainly shouldn't apologize in the face of the astonishingly hypocritical stance of militant Muslims.
Cowperson